Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and willingness to care for sex workers: Differences between general and mental health nursing students

Ma, Haixia; Loke, Alice Yuen

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.01.002

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“…Several similar studies have examined the determinants of willingness to care for PLHA in several countries, namely, attitudes (Yang, 2014), support (Ma & Loke, 2020;Sanga et al, 2019), perceived benefits (Dubé et al, 2017), perceptions of risk (Fu et al, 2018;Leblanc & Andes, 2015), socioeconomic factors (Ransome et al, 2020) and knowledge (Fiorentino et al, 2019;Fu et al, 2018). Several studies in Indonesia state that peer support (Fitriyani & Waluyo, 2019;Rahmatin & Azinar, 2017), access to services, health support (Rahmatin & Azinar, 2017), spirituality (Lindayani et al, 2018) and knowledge (Sari & Parut, 2019) are related to willingness to care for PLHA.…”

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The determinants of willingness to care for people living with HIV‐AIDS: A cross‐sectional study in Indonesia

Sukartini

Nursalam

Arifin

2021

Health Soc Care Community

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The acceptance of people living with HIV-AIDS (PLHA) within the community is still a problem that should be highlighted and addressed (Fitriyani & Waluyo, 2019). Bringing attention to this problem could also have an impact on the community's willingness to help and care for PLHA (Stroumpouki et al., 2020). The operational definition of caring, in this case, not only refers to caring for PLHA who are sick but also to being willing to provide the support, attention, information, assistance and acceptance that allow PLHA to live healthily (Watson, 2002;You et al., 2013). PLHA become vulnerable because of their illness, so they have many needs. Moreover, the stigma within communities makes it very difficult for PLHA to obtain rights such as access to medical services, socialisation and improvements to their quality of life, such as through access to work (Alemu

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The determinants of willingness to care for people living with HIV‐AIDS: A cross‐sectional study in Indonesia

Sukartini

Nursalam

Arifin

2021

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“…This is similar to the findings of a cross-sectional study among nursing students in Hong Kong, in which diverse opinions on FSWs were expressed. 18 Nurses' attitudes toward caring for FSWs also varied (accept, stigmatize, or against), and there were reluctance, hesitation, or willingness to care for FSWs. However, it was encouraging to find that regardless of the personal attitude of nurses, they understood their professional nursing code of ethics and conceded that they were obligated to provide equal care to all clients, including FSWs.…”

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“…This is supported by evidence that the health needs and stigmatization of FSWs are not topics that have been included in nursing education and clinical practices in Hong Kong. 18 Insufficient training may translate into a lack of competence in providing sensitive care for FSWs. Specific educational or training courses are recommended to address nurses' concerns during work with FSWs.…”

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“…12,[15][16][17] In Hong Kong, nursing students' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and willingness to care for sex workers were examined. 18 In addition to a lack of education and training related to caring for sex workers, nursing students were reluctant to care for sex workers in their future practice. However, in-depth knowledge of their perceptions is scarce.…”

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Nurses’ attitudes toward female sex workers: A qualitative study

Loke

2020

Nurs Ethics

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Background: Stigma is considered a major barrier to accessing healthcare services by female sex workers. Current knowledge of nurses’ attitudes appears to imply a stigma toward female sex workers. But in-depth understanding of their perceptions is scarce. Furthermore, factors that inform a conceptual understanding of how this occurs are lacking. Objectives: The study aimed to explore nurses’ attitudes toward female sex workers and factors affecting caring for female sex workers. Research design: This was a qualitative study. A content analysis approach was adopted in analyzing the data. Participants and research context: Thirty-three practicing nurses participated in seven semi-structured focus group interviews and three key informants participated in three individual interviews in Hong Kong. Ethical considerations: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of one university in Hong Kong. Findings: The findings revealed three themes: (1) accept, stigmatize, or against sex work; (2) reluctance, hesitation, or willingness to care for female sex workers; and (3) factors affecting the care of female sex workers. Discussion and conclusion: This study found that nurses held different attitudes toward female sex workers, and they experienced feelings of reluctance, hesitation, or willingness to care for female sex workers. Multi-level factors could affect their level of comfort of caring for female sex workers. Intervention should be developed to encourage health professionals to examine their personal views toward female sex workers introspectively, how their attitude may have affected the provision of quality services, and to enhance the provision of sensitive non-discriminative services to female sex workers.

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“…Research on Canadian nursing students’ perceptions of their education on substance use found approximately 20% stated not receiving education on substance use and 35% stated they had limited knowledge to perform nursing assessments on PWUD (Gagnon et al., 2020). Research on Hong Kong nursing students’ perceptions of their sex work education found approximately 86% stated not receiving sex work education and only 3% stated they had knowledge to care for PESW (H. Ma & Loke, 2020). However, in a study that trained BSN students in harm reduction, researchers found students who received the training provided harm reduction care to PWUD at least 50% of the time (Dion et al., 2023).…”

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Nursing harm reduction education and care for people who use drugs or who engage in sex work

Watts,

Bane,

Brandley

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Public Health Nursing

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Harm reduction is an evidence‐based approach that could promote health equity through the implementation of pragmatic strategies for people who use drugs or who engage in sex work. The purposes of this study were to describe whether nurses received harm reduction education in their nursing programs, whether nurses are practicing harm reduction, and strategies for integrating harm reduction within nursing curriculum. An online survey was delivered to nurses and an interview with a nurse harm reductionist was conducted. Among the 30 survey participants, only 17% (n = 5) stated they were taught about harm reduction in their nursing programs. On average, survey participants practiced harm reduction less than "half of the time" by meeting people where they are in their drug use or sex work. The nurse harm reductionist described how harm reduction should be taught as a skillset for evidence‐based nursing practice. By incorporating harm reduction principles into nursing education and nursing practice, nurses can provide competent care for people who use drugs or who engage in sex work.

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Knowledge of, attitudes towards, and willingness to care for sex workers: Differences between general and mental health nursing students

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

The determinants of willingness to care for people living with HIV‐AIDS: A cross‐sectional study in Indonesia

The determinants of willingness to care for people living with HIV‐AIDS: A cross‐sectional study in Indonesia

Nurses’ attitudes toward female sex workers: A qualitative study

Nursing harm reduction education and care for people who use drugs or who engage in sex work

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